Freeways Never Built, or Unbuilt after 1989 quake

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Proposed Central Freeway along 7th Avenue, 1956

The deconstruction of the Embarcadero Freeway, 1990

Freeway hides historic ferry building in this 1958 photo until its demolition in 1990.

Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA

Demolition of Central Freeway at Duboce and Valencia, 2003.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

Demolition of Central Freeway at Market and Octavia, April 21, 2003.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

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In the 1940s the California Dept. of Highways came up with various plans to blanket San Francisco with freeways. This is a version proposed in 1948 by San Francisco's Planning Department.

Image: San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR)

Maps and photos of San Francisco's original freeway plans

images and maps of many San Francisco freeways that were never built and some that were

Freeway Revolt 1958-64

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